Publications
Magazine
Wind-assisted propulsion gains momentum
5 Mar 2025
According to Offshore Energy Magazine, 2024 was “a year to remember” for wind-assisted ship propulsion, and the outlook over the years to come looks ...
Magazine
Green water MARIN study reveals: Feeder ships sailing by the Dutch Wadden Islands are at risk of losing deck containers
20 Apr 2023
With the accident of the Ultra Large Container Ship “MSC Zoë” in January 2019, during which 342 containers were lost overboard a few miles off the ...
Magazine
Extreme behaviour in shallow water explains why large container shipS can lose containers above the Dutch Wadden Islands
7 Dec 2020
The Dutch Safety Board asked MARIN and research institute Deltares to investigate how storm conditions such as those encountered above the Dutch ...
Paper
On the importance of service conditions and safety in ship design
10 Jun 2018
A good ship design is a balanced design, in which the performance is not limited (or outperformed) by one specific characteristic. Today’s ...
Magazine
CNIM asks MARIN to verify the performance of a new SWATH design
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
With a growing demand for wind farm support vessels, Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) has developed a SWATH ...
Paper
Experimental determination of water motions inside a moonpool
14 Jul 2017
The substantial water motions that can occur inside a moonpoolwhen a ship is operating in a formed sea represent a criticalissue for operators, as ...
Paper
Experimental prediction of anti roll tanks on the rolling of ships
4 Sep 2016
Over the last years MARIN has developed an integrated model testing approach for the prediction of the performance of free-surface Anti Roll Tanks ...
Magazine
Largest containership in the world 'Triple-E' first tested at MARIN
29 Aug 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN was delighted to take part in a truly historic milestone in the industry when Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) asked MARIN to ...
Magazine
Significant upgrade of Anti Roll Tank (ART) design services
10 Jan 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN has recently invested in new methodologies and modern tools to improve its services related to ART design.
Paper
Seakeeping aspects in the design of survey vessels
7 Nov 2012
The aim of the present paper is to provide a thorough overview of the most important seakeeping aspects related to survey vessels, in such a way ...
Magazine
Model tests for early assessment of Launch and Recovery operations
26 Apr 2011
Reading time 6 minutes
DCNS chose MARIN to conduct an operability study of the Launch and Recovery system to be installed on the new GOWIND type Offshore Patrol Vessels ...
Paper
Free-Surface Flow Modelling with Interface Capturing Techniques
1 Jun 2007
MARIN, HSVA and TUHH are jointly developing the RANS-code FRESCO. The freesurface modelling part of the code is based on interface capturing. ...